Listen to the late Joseph Boslet Jr., interviewed by Isabel
Goldenkoff at the Syosset Public Library, as he reminisces about old Syosset.
We placed excerpts from this 1991 tape throughout Scrapbook. You may
have to disable your firewall temporarily in order to access the sound files.
Look for the signs.
If you live in Syosset, visit the library to borrow
the entire tape and tapes featuring other longtime Syosset residents. If
you wish to listen to the tapes in the library, call the library first to see if
they have a tape player; otherwise bring your own.

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Brochure from the Island Lodge Motel adjoining the Villa Victor
The advertisement says "contains one of the most beautiful swimming pools
on Long Island" (!)
and "as you relax on your private patio, there are no cars in sight, no
busy highway..."
(just a brick wall...)

Business cards: Island Lodge and Villa Victor

Vintage Villa Victor ashtray
(image courtesy of Larry Chernow)

Villa Victor ashtray

Below: Milleridge Inn

Top left, Milleridge Village, c. 1970s; Milleridge Inn, Jericho,
built in 1672 on property acquired by trade from the Matinecock
Indians. "One of America's famous old Inns. Luncheons
from $1.95, dinners from $3.25. Superb American cuisine."
(Second row, far
right: August Viemeister, An Architectural Journey through Long
Island, Kennikat Press Corp., Port Washington, N.Y./London,
1974)

Matchbook cover from The Milleridge Inn

Members of The Brigade of
the American Revolution commemorate the area's participation in the
American Revolution at the Milleridge Inn

The old hotel was torn down in 1955, replaced by the
Long Island Savings Bank (left) which was also demolished.
Boslet's is now a parking lot for another bank (currently Astoria
Federal Savings and Loan) which
was built where the row of stores including Roulston's had been.
(photo on right by Michael Mark)